The St. Johns herald., 1887-07-14

marked by bIazed trees to the summit of the mesa on the west side of the canon; thence eastwardly across the summit of said mesa to the point where the road which now goes up the east side of said canon crosses said mesa i; thence enthusiastically along sad old road to the southwest corner of Gabriel Silva's fence at the mouth of the valley of the Nutrioso; thence through said valley along the present road southwark ly to the north line of the tract owned by Jno Adcy; thence across said Adey's tract, on a line marked by us with stone monuments on the east side of the flat part of said valley to the northeast cor ner of George w. Wakefeld's fence /; thence southwardly along Wakefeld's west fence to his south fence; thence eastwardly along said Wakefeld's south fence to the present travelled road 1; thence over said road to the Wood Bros ranch at the creek. The point where said road is to cross said creek is mark ed by us by stone monuments; thence eastwardly from sad stone monuments along the pre-; ent travelled road to the foot of the hill ascended by the present road thence southwardly from stone monument at the foot of said hill along line marked by blazed trees to the top of said hill, where said blazed line intersects the present travelled road ; thence enthusiastically along said pres ent travelled road to blazed tree on said road about fifty yards west from the crest of the first divide south of the ranch of Morrison, Sons & Logan; thence enthusiastically from said bIazed tree, along line marked by blazed trees to the New Mexico line at the Miller Scott ranch and where the present Luna Valley road enters this Territory.
 In declaring the foregoing public highway, the Board ordered the Wagon Road Viewers to make complete re- port as to the damages sustained by John Adev in running said road through his ranch
 The Board after examining the report submitted by the Wagon Road Viewers declared tlie following public highway as located and SUI veyed by the said viewers: Commencing at the quarter section on the south boundary of sec tion thirty-two, or the southwest corner of Wakefield's ranch, we ran due east between the ranches of Wakefield and Manuel Candelario thirty-one chains; thence as near as practicable on the an gle of north 36 deg. east, twenty-seven chains; thence north 4S deg. 30 min. east sixty-four chains to the intersection of the St, Johns road. We found the distance connecting the two roads to be one mile and 42 chains.
 The following was also declared pub lie highway by the Board, as located and surveyed ly the Wagon Road Viewers: Beginning at the quarter section corner, between sections two and eleven, town ship ten, north of range 2S east, we ran due south one-half mile, and then built a rock mound to designate line of road, thence nearly due west, through the centre of section eleven, to the line be- tween sections ten and eleven; thence southwest through section ten to the SpringerviIle road.
 These roads were declared public highways upon petitions submitted to the Board at their last regular session praying for such, and upon the recom- mendation of the Viewers appointed to view the said roads in their reports filed with the Board at their present session. Tie sail roads were ordered by the Board to be recorded in the County Re- corder's office.
 The Board next considered the resig- nation of John Skaggs, as constable for the precinct of Winslow, which was ac- cepted.
 Upon petition the Board appointed A. F. Banta Justice of the Peace, and Frank Wattron Constable for the pre- cinct of Holbrook.
 The bond of P. H. Snow, Constable for the precinct of Springerville, was approved by the Chairman; and the bond of N. T. Porter, as road overseer for the precinct of St. Joseph was also approved.
 A petition for the appointment of a Justice of the Peace fo: the precinct of Tule was rejected.
 A requisition for stationery submitted by E. w. Nelson for the office of County Recorder, was approved.
 Petitions praying for the establish mentS of school districts at Percheron and St. Joseph being approved by the County Superintendent of Public h. struction, was approved by the Board and the said school districts established.
 A petition from the Apache County Stock Growers Association, requesting the value of cattle to be fixed at $l0 per